In the wider sense of the political, the sense in which it encompasses all decisions by authoritative state organs, constitutional issues are, and should be, subject to change through the political process. 
The fact that the constitution affects the existence of the basic political culture, which is &dash. if a good at all  &dash. a collective good, is a prima facie reason for holding it to be a proper subject for political action, even though sometimes the only right political action is to take no action and to leave a certain area free from political interference. 
The argument for the entrenchment of liberal constitutional rights <tag "515648">derives</> therefore from several sources.   

